Marines train at Andy South

12:14 PM,
Sep. 22, 2012

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Written by

Jerick Sablan
Pacific Sunday News

It was nearly silent in an abandoned subdivision in Yigo while the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit trained.

Dozens of Marines were participating at Andersen South -- an old military housing subdivision now filled with abandoned houses and fields of uncut grass. The Marines were training to assault and clear enemy houses and fight enemy role-players.

One vacant house was equipped with a simulated chemical lab in the kitchen and had weapons in an adjacent bedroom. Marines came upon the house, checked the rooms and secured it once they determined there were no occupants. ...